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Robert MacNeil (1931-2024) Journalist, author. Robert MacNeil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Robert MacNeil

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1931

Birth

Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, known as Robin, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on January 19, 1931.

1968

Literary Work

The People Machine: The Influence of Television on American Politics
Harper & Row
Nonfiction.

1982

Literary Work

The Right Place at the Right Time
Little Brown & Company
0316542903 / 978-0316542906
Autobiography.

1986

Literary Work

The Story of English
Viking Adult
0670804673 / 978-0670804672
Nonfiction co-written with Robert McCrum and William Cran.

1989

Literary Work

Wordstruck: A Memoir
Viking Adult
0670818712 / 978-0670818716
Memoir.

1992

Literary Work

Burden of Desire
Nan A. Talese
0385420196 / 978-0385420198
Novel.

1995

Literary Work

The Voyage
Nan A. Talese
0385469527 / 978-0385469524
Novel.

1998

Literary Work

Breaking News
Nan A. Talese
038542020X / 978-0385420204
Novel.

2003

Literary Work

Looking for My Country: Finding Myself in America
Nan A. Talese
038550781X / 978-0385507813
Memoir.

2005

Literary Work

Do You Speak American?
Nan A. Talese
0385511981 / 978-0385511988
Sequel to “The Story of English” co-written with William Cran.

2013

Literary Work

Portrait of Julia
Formac
1459502795 / 978-1459502796
Novel.

2024

Death

New York County: Robert MacNeil died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York, on April 12, 2024.

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